To: Night Writer who wrote (860 ) 1/18/1998 12:03:00 PM From: JW@KSC Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 2063
John Walber (VP CVUS) to Speak in Philadelphia Jan. 20th. Anyone live in Philly? JW@KSC January AITP Meeting Date: January 20, 1998 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Location: Philadelphia Marriott West AITP Speaker: John Walber, Vice President, Cellular Vision AITP Topic: Local Multipoint Distribution Services (Wireless Cable) Year 2000 Speaker: Bob Yayac, CoreTech Consulting Year 2000 Topic: Business Risks Associated With the Year 2000 LMDS: A Primer on "SuperWireless Communications" The FCC is about to auction off the largest allocation of spectrum in its history. Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) will allow license holders to control up to 1.3 GHz of wireless spectrum in the 28 to 38 GHz range. In addition, the LMDS rules do not specify service requirements but let the operators choose how to allocate the band among a wide range of two-way video, voice, and data products. The lack of restrictions on the use of the spectrum will make these licenses attractive to telecommunications competitors seeking alternative access to the end user including: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLECs) Inter-exchange Carriers (IXCs) Out of Region RBOCs Foreign Carriers Utilities Today, the only licensed operator of an LMDS system is CellularVision of New York, a wholy owned. subsidiary of CellularVision USA (Nasdaq: CVUS). CellularVision has been widely credited with pioneering the LMDS technology and proving its viability throughout the world. In New York they provide a 48 channel subscription TV service, and recently entered the Internet access market with a high speed modem capable of receiving data at rates up to 48 Mbps. John Walber, President and COO of CellularVision New York, will present an overview of LMDS. He will discuss LMDS architecture, hardware and services, with a particular focus on data products.